Lamar CISD adopts $507.3 million budget, approves staff pay plan using state retention funds

The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District board on June 17 adopted the district’s 2025–26 budgets — general fund, debt service and child nutrition — and approved a compensation plan that incorporates newly authorized state retention allotments.

Board members approved an overall proposed budget with $507.8 million in revenue and $507.3 million in expenditures, producing an estimated $545,000 excess before later legislative-driven amendments. The board also endorsed a district compensation approach (Option 3) for distributing the state’s support-staff allotment and the teacher retention allotment passed by the Texas Legislature.

Miss Lewitt, who opened the public hearing on the budgets, told trustees the presentation was based on current law and that final figures will be amended before the Sept. 1 fiscal year start to reflect legislative guidance and certified property values. "We are presenting an excess revenue budget of about $545,000," she said during the…